Mar 3, 2020 | YouTube Moderators
A report recently published by The Verge has revealed that content moderators for online video platform YouTube are being directed to complete an acknowledgement which states they are aware of the possible post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) side effects associated...
Feb 27, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
A former Facebook content moderator, who is currently taking a legal action against the social media platform, has revealed in an interview with the Irish Times the dreadful work he had to carry out as part of his position and the serious psychological trauma it...
Feb 12, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators, YouTube Moderators
Sarah T. Roberts, an assistant professor of information studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (Yale) recently launched her latest work Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of...
Feb 7, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
With the recent submission of a number of Facebook Moderator compensation claims in the United States and Ireland, the suffering that these content moderators go through has come into sharp focus. The disturbing nature of the content that they must view and the...
Feb 2, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Media Coverage, Social Media Moderators, YouTube Moderators
As the number of legal actions submitted against Facebook and its partner agencies continues to grow it is important to consider a number of thing before your submit your compensation case,. What is a Facebook Moderator/YouTube Psychological Trauma Caused by? Due to...
Jan 30, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
Towards the end of 2019, professional services vendor Cognizant announced that it is discontinuing its role as a content moderation provider. The announcement came after online media outlet The Verge conducted two investigations into working conditions at sites...
Jan 30, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
A Facebook moderator, who is based is Dublin, is readying himself for a legal battle with Facebook in relation to the trauma he experienced due the material he had to view, and daily targets he had to meet, while working as a content moderator for the platform. The...
Jan 30, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators, YouTube Moderators
According to reports in the US and the UK, Social media content moderators working for Accenture, a professional services company that provides external professional services globally, has requested that new employees and current members of staff sign disclosure and...
Jan 26, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
The Financial Times has published a reported detailing the severe trauma and stress that Facebook Content moderators experience as part of their daily working duties. The report looks in the working conditions of employees of Accenture, a third party global agency...
Jan 24, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Media Coverage, Social Media Moderators
Recently there have been multiple reports of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder compensation claims submitted by Facebook content moderators, PTSD which, they claim, was caused due to their working conditions and the material that they had to view. H2: What is a Facebook...
